Methods courses
Methods courses include scientific education in various fields to broaden your knowledge in your area of research and beyond. They include courses, seminars and colloquia offered by either the graduate school, the doctoral programs or central services of the University and campus partners.
Opportunities offered by GAUSS and GGNB
Our courses are open to all doctoral candidates enrolled in GAUSS/GGNB and most of them are taught in English. You can find our current course program in
- EXA
(path: Research facilities > Göttinger Graduiertenschulen > Georg-August University School of Science (GAUSS))
or (as pdf sorted by semester) here:
We are striving to provide you with the best support possible and are constantly tailoring our course program to your needs. Hence, we are welcoming suggestions for additional courses that will benefit all GAUSS doctoral students (please send an email to office@gauss.uni-goettingen.de).
Further opportunities offered by the University and non-university institutions
Doctoral students also have access to additional training and development courses offered by a variety of institutions on the Göttingen Campus:
Statistical consulting for doctoral students
The Center of Statistics of the University of Göttingen is offering courses and consulting services in statistical questions for doctoral candidates including advice on data collection, statistical modelling and statistical inference. For further information and registration please follow this link.Scientific education by the doctoral programs
| Mathematics (SMS) | All courses for master students are also open for doctoral students. |
| Physics | Advanced training opportunities for doctoral students IMPRS for Solar System School |
| Geoscience | Advanced training opportunities for doctoral students |
| Geography | Advanced training opportunities for doctoral students |
| Chemistry | Advanced training opportunities for doctoral students Key competencies |
| Catalysis for Sustainable Synthesis (CaSuS) |
Study program |
| Behavior and Cognition (BeCog) |
Advanced training opportunities for doctoral students |